tyrant's
Belonging to oppressor
Tyrant's is the possessive form of tyrant, a ruler who exercises absolute power cruelly or oppressively.
The word applies to political despots but extends to anyone who dominates others harshly: a tyrant's grip on the country, escaping a tyrant's control, the tyrant's whims dictated everyone's fate.
Authoritative legal command
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- reignSovereign's time in power
- dominionAuthority to rule
- regimeSystem of governance
edict · iron fist · stranglehold · dictatorship · absolutism · despotism · mandate · authority
Fierce, punishing anger
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
ruthlessness · mercilessness · atrocities · terror · punishment · savagery · bloodshed · executions
decree
Authoritative legal command
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- reignSovereign's time in power
- dominionAuthority to rule
regime · edict · iron fist · stranglehold · dictatorship · absolutism · despotism · mandate · authority · supremacy
wrath
Fierce, punishing anger
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
torture · ruthlessness · mercilessness · atrocities · terror · punishment · savagery · bloodshed · executions · purges
overthrow
Forcible removal from power
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
uprising · coup · demise · exile · tribunal · judgment · legacy · ruin · hubris · nemesis
slaves
Persons owned by others
captives · populace · peasants · masses · victims · downtrodden · oppressed · servants · minions · lackeys
tyrant'speople's
Communal ownership marker
citizen's · democracy's · public's · republic's · masses